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Default Do in-duct booster fans work

On Thursday, June 5, 2014 6:34:40 PM UTC-4, Ashton Crusher wrote:
On Thu, 5 Jun 2014 09:49:17 -0700 (PDT), trader_4

wrote:



On Wednesday, June 4, 2014 9:45:24 PM UTC-4, Ashton Crusher wrote:


On Tue, 3 Jun 2014 09:48:31 -0700 (PDT), trader_4




wrote:








On Tuesday, June 3, 2014 12:13:28 PM UTC-4, wrote:




On Tuesday, June 3, 2014 8:21:28 AM UTC-7, trader_4 wrote:








On Tuesday, June 3, 2014 10:53:33 AM UTC-4, wrote:
















On Friday, June 26, 2009 12:12:35 PM UTC-4, Christopher Nelson wrote:
































I have a room that never seems to get enough heat or AC. I have a
































split level. The furnace is below the family room and the cold/hot
































room is above the family room. You'd think that'd be a short-ish run
































of duct work but it does bend a couple of times. I'm thinking of
































putting a booster fan like http://www.comfortgurus.com/product_...roducts_id/563
































in. Do they work? Any comments on the brand or model I should be
































aware of? I'd rather walk into my h/w store or home center and go
































home with one but I can't find one locally. Is that to be expected or
































have I just looked in the wrong places?
































































my house if very old i can only fit a 9 inch duct upstairs, in the summer temps would never go under 76 77 degrees i talked to 4 hvac specialist they all said it would cost over 4000 dollars to fix the issue. well i decided to try something a little different i used a 10 centrifugal fan pumping 1100cfm used an ribu1c which is just a relay powered of the thermaustat and just like that problem fixed my temps now hover at 68 plus the fan is whisper quiet. dont listen to these hvac people all they wanna sell you is an expensive piece of tin metal, my setup has been running for 2 years now no issues and also have installed it on 4 friends systems with no issues
































Do you have a link to the blower you added? There are
















various types. I added one of the squirrel cage ones where
















you cut a hole in the bottom of a rectangular duct. I thought
















it helped, but years later I bought one of the air flow measurement
















instruments and measured the air flow with it on and off and there
















was virtually no difference. I think it may depend on what kind
















of blower you install.
















Here's some links to some duct booster fans sold at Home Depot:
















http://www.homedepot.com/s/duct%2520...2520fan?NCNI-5
















http://www.homedepot.com/p/Suncourt-...6GTP/202797339
















http://www.homedepot.com/p/Suncourt-...B208/100080191
















http://www.homedepot.com/p/Suncourt-...B205/202797334
















If you have an account at Grainger, they also sell duct booster fans:
















Squirrel cage type:
















http://www.grainger.com/product/TJER...724?s_pp=false
















That last one is the type I installed. Per my airflow




readings, it didn't do anything. IDK about the other




type, but this squirrel cage is useless.








Where were you taking the airflow readings?? If it was down in the




ducts near the main fan I would not expect you would see much




difference with or without the booster. The booster isn't to make the




system move more air, it's to case the way the air gets distributed to




change so more comes out where you put the booster in. Less will come




out somewhere else but at least you will have a more even distribution




so the whole house gets to the same temp instead of one part too




hot/cool.




I took the measurements at the 4 registers that put out the air from


the rectangular duct where the booster fan was installed, which is the


only logical place to take them. No significant difference at all.






Is it possible there were a lot of leaking joints in the ducts between

where you put the blower and the outlets?


Not in the part I can see in the basement. After
that, they go up to the second floor through walls.



I'm surprised it didn't

work a lot better. Only other thing I can think of is that there is a

really significant restriction somewhere in the duct system back of

where you put the booster and it's just not going to let air thru.


I think it's that the squirrel cage type probably
don't work at all. Just to be clear, this is the
type:

http://www.grainger.com/product/TJER...724?s_pp=false


Only a small part of the blower extends into the
duct and I was even wondering how effective it might
be when I installed it because of the design. The fan
type that go inside the round ducts seem more likely to
work to me.